Emily Finlayson, MD, MS, FACS, Named Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development in the UCSF Department of Surgery

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We are pleased to announce that Emily Finlayson, M.D., M.S., FACS, professor of Surgery, Medicine (Geriatrics), and Health Policy at the University of California San Francisco has been named the new Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Finlayson received her MD at Harvard Medical School and MS from the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical School. She completed her general surgery residency at UCSF and her fellowship in colorectal surgery at the Mayo Clinic. Her NIH-funded work includes population-based analyses, clinical trials, and qualitative research on surgical outcomes focused on frail older adults.

Dr. Finlayson is founder and Program Director of the UCSF Center for Surgery in Older Adults and is a nationally recognized thought leader in the field. Most recently, she was senior author of a seminal paper in JAMA Surgery demonstrating that breast cancer surgery in female nursing home residents was an overused surgical modality generally conferring no clinical benefit.

In her role as the inaugural Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development, Dr. Finlayson will lead efforts to ensure faculty success through development, promotion, diversity, recruitment, and retention. She will collaborate with the School of Medicine and University leadership to advance these objectives. Dr. Finlayson will also oversee the Department’s Merit & Promotions process and serve as a member of the Chair’s Leadership Council, which provides strategic advice and policy recommendations to the Chair, and partner with the Department’s to be named Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to foster an organizational culture grounded on these important principles.

Dr. Finlayson has demonstrated a strong commitment to the career development of academic surgeons, mentoring students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty who have gone on to launch successful academic careers. As Director of the Department of Surgery’s Faculty Mentoring Program, Dr. Finlayson has been instrumental in the development and implementation of robust career plans for incoming faculty and as lead mentor for the Clinical Discovery & Health Services Research track on the Resident Research Committee.